Pinwheel.



0. K. TRUITT.

PINWHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 19H.

l 68,6%, Patented June 4,1918.

v OWEN K. TRUITT, 0F GARRETT PARK, MARYLAND.

rrnwHEEL.

To' all whom it may concern:

Be'it known thatI, OWEN K. TRUrrr, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Gar- I rett Park, in thecountyof Montgomery and State "of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Pinwheels, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention comprises a pinwheel and a novel method of constructingthe same.

It is contemplated among other objects to produce a device of thischaracter from a. blank or blanksso that when folded to the proper formthere will be displayed upon the face of the finished product aplurality of different colors bearing a previously defined arrangementto one another.

It is also an object of the invention to associate with the vanes of thepin wheel when properly assembled, a tie member extending from point topoint in such a manner as to form an additional binding or bracing forthe vanes and add tothe ornamental appearance of the device.

A further object of the invention is to devise a method of producing aninstrumentality of this character which method will eliminate some ofthe steps previously utilized, and at the same time produce a change inthe general structure and ornamental appearance of the device itself.

Further objects and advantages will in part be apparent and in part bebrought out in the specification which follows.

A drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention is heretoappended in which the following views are shown.

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation;

Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are plan views of component parts of the device.

Referring specifically to these drawings, 1 designates a face portion ofa blank and 2 a back portion of a different color preferably. In thisinstance, the face is shown as white and the back portion as blue. Inthe. construction of a pin wheel from a blank of this type the blank iscut by diagonal lines 3 extending toward the center of the blank whichcontains a perforation 4. The outer corners of the blank are alsoprovided with perforations or openings 5, which are adapted to be foldedinwardly to bring the perforations 5 into alinement with the opening 4:in the center of the blank, as best seen in Fig. 1. Before the cornershave been folded Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentcui June 4, 1 918.

Application filed. June 21, 1917. Serial No. 176,070.

into this position, the blank 6 having a central perforation 7 is placedupon the blank 1 so that the central perforation 7 of the blank 6 willregister with perforation 4: in blank 1. When in this position, thecorners of the blank 1 are folded over so that their perforations 5register one with another whereupon a fastening element 8 is insertedsecuring them together and a pin or the like 9 is passed through thealined openings and suitably secured to a handle or the like 10,

The pointed ends of the vanes left free after this folding operation areprovided with perforations or openings 11 through which there is adaptedto be passed an additional bracing or securing means 12 in the form or aribbon and which may likewise be of a color and arrangement which willlend itself suitable to the decorative appearance of the device. In likemanner a ribbon 13 may be entwined in and out among the folded portionsin the center of the device to form an additional securing meanstherefor and add to its attractive appearance.

In practice, and as herein illustrated, the face portion of the blank iswhite, the back portion thereof is shown as blue and the insert-blank isred. When the back portion has been folded over and secured as shown inFig. 1 the efiect is to present to the .eye an arrangement of colorswherein red, white and blue predominate in the color scheme and presenta very attractive appearance. This may be aided by the interlacing ofthe additional bracing members 12 and 13, the combination forming a neatand attractive device of this kind which is easy to manufacture and hasa minimum number of parts.

It will be understood that this same effect can be produced by using twoseparate blanks one to form the face portion and one to constitute theback portion of the device, each blank being of a different color, orthis same effect may be produced by a single blank having on its faceportion one color and a back portion of a different color, and thepresent disclosure is intended to embody these two forms.

It will be also understood that while the insert-blank 6 is hereindisclosed as square, yet I do not wish to confine myself to thisparticular shape as it may be with equal facility made round, diamond orstar shaped, or in fact any shape that would lend itself to additionalornamentation, as occasion may demand.

meli t together at a point inte ip While I have disclosed theinventionin the embodiment herein set forth, it' will be understood that I do notwish tolimit' my self to the precise form of this disclosure as manychanges in the structure and arrange ment of the parts may be madeWithout departing from vthe spirit of "the invention or- Y' SI an.rticle .Of manuia fi gesipi i Wheelon the like comprising" aface portion1 .3 "1 i .7 Liv-Wu I-1Jw of one color; a back port on of a d fferent la' el po tmf b i g; cut om he r o ns w di the me: n p y ed centrally onthe corners openings dap o be; b u ht ififid register; sa

0 3 16 26 1 I g di h r lperf mt i l therein; being. in alinenie to with:

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